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International conference „Baltic Marine Innovation forum“ programme Science and innovative technologies strengthen
the marine business
Though on the initiative of International Maritime Organisation on the
last week of September the World Maritime Day is celebrated, Seas and Oceans
covering the greater part of our planet have deserved greater attention than
the mankind had paid to them.
We already feel the consequences of the lack of
such attention: endangered fish populations due to the lack of protection, polluted
beaches, and the threat of global thaw.
We welcome EC initiative to announce Maritime Day of Europe and at the same
time to attract attention of European countries executing especially intensive
industrial activities to maritime problems and invite them to solve them
together.
In EC Communiqué
of 3-September 2008 it is stated that for EU seafaring regions there fall 40
percent of GDP and for seafaring economy – from 3 to 5 percent of GDP and it is
of great importance for the total dynamics of economics. Science and new
technologies is one of the ways to coordinate sustainable inducement of the
economic growth of maritime activities together with environment protection.
EC in its
strategic goals for 2005-2009 recognises that it is necessary to form versatile
maritime policy, dedicated to create flourishing maritime economics and use the
whole potential of maritime activities in an environmentally friendly way. Such
policy should be based on skills in the fields of scientific research,
technologies and innovations. Between maritime science and seafaring policy
there is to be regular mutual feedback.
Therefore, „EC
is ready since 2009 to regularly support the organisation of conferences for
the countries interested in sea and maritime research on the occasion of the
Maritime Day of Europe, at the same time using the support of a group of famous
personalities“,- the document reads.
Innovations in Marine policy
In the strategic objectives for 2005-2009
EC indicated that there „exists a need for universal maritime policy the aim of
which is to execute the development of environmentally friendly and flourishing
maritime economics“.
Due to the
existing division into sectoral policy it is difficult to coordinate the use of
oceans and seas and determine their priorities. Therefore, controversial
decisions may be taken, able to make negative impact on maritime environment,
disproportionate limitations may be taken for competing fields of maritime
activities or the profit may be limited that might be got from new activities. To
stay competitive, European maritime sector is especially dynamic; therefore,
changes in maritime policy are to take place rather rapidly.
EC in its strategic objectives for 2005-2009
indicated that maritime scientific research, technologies and innovations
skills are to become the axle of maritime business and policy.
‘Baltic marine innovations forum’
The market
of science and technologies is huge, dynamic and complicated. The differences
of economic and technological potential in separate Baltic Sea region countries
are also big. In order to induce regional cooperation, guarantee sustainable
development of this sector in the Baltic Sea region and increase the
compatibility of Baltic maritime sector, it is necessary to initiate closer
cooperation among the Baltic regions in the development of innovation
processes, induce skills when transferring the knowledge and best practice.
For this
reason the Association of science, studies and business Baltic
valley, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda Science and Technologies Park and
international business magazine JURA MOPE SEA decided to organise international
conference ‘Baltic maritime
innovations forum’.
This idea
was supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Ministry of
Transport and Communications of Lithuania, Ministry of Economy of Lithuania,
Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania and Ministry of Education and Science of
Lithuania and they joined the group of organisers.
Objectives of the event
The aim of
the conference is to present to the public the guidelines of EU document under
preparation ‘Strategy of the Baltic Sea’; to get acquainted with Lithuanian
action programme during the period of its chairmanship in the Council of the
Baltic countries; induce partnership implementing integrated EU maritime policy
among national, science and studies institutions and business subjects; present
innovation projects and technologies created and implemented in the Baltic Sea
region; award the best projects submitted to the contest by handing over
international awards Windrose.
This
international event is dedicated to unite the representatives of business,
science and politicians and induce their inter-cooperation, discuss the core
maritime policy matters and share scientific and technological knowledge.
Business and policy practice and scientific
foresights
Prominent
politics, business and science figures will participate in the conference and
make presentations - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter
Steinmeier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Vygaudas Usackas, Minister
of Transport and Communications of Lithuania Eligijus Masiulis, Piotr Serafin, Undersecretary of
State of the Committee for European Integration of Poland, Hans-Robert
Metelmann, Chairman of ScanBalt:, Rector
of Rostock University Wolfgang Scharek and others.
The
anticipated persons at the conference are: member of European Parliament Laima
Liucija Andrikiene, Minister of Transport of Russia Igor Levitin, Kaliningrad
region governor Georgij Bos, Minister of Transport of Kazakhstan Abelgazy
Kusainov, Minister of Transport of Belarus Vladimir Sosnovskij, Minister of
Transport of the Ukraine Yusyp Wynskyj, Minister of Transport of Finland Anu
Vehviläinen, minister of Transport of Latvia Kaspars
Gerhards, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet, Minister of Infrastructure of Poland Cezary Grabarczyk and others.
In the
afternoon session of the conference there will take place discussion forum
where the representatives of the universities of the Baltic countries,
scientific research institutes, science and
technologies parks will take the floor.
The
discussions will look at the tools to help inducing sustainable development of
maritime technologies and business cooperation in the Baltic Sea region.
The ideas formed
during the conference and the forum, the main directions of the change of
maritime policy on such matters as the climate change, the Strategy of the
Baltic Sea environment, competitiveness of maritime industry, maritime fishery,
shipping, shipbuilding and transport perspectives, integrated maritime
investigations will be stated in the resolution of the conference.
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